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IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS.

No. V.—SHIPPING. BRITISH and Foreign Vessels Entered and Cleared. —Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1870.

No. VI.—REVENUE. ABSTRACT of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the year 1870.

Entered. Wi ith Cargoi !3. In Ballast. Total. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. iritisli 686 248,834 12,551 12 ; 4,678 181 698 233,512 12,732 'oreign 52 18,008 1,304 6 | 1,631 144 58 19,639 1,448 Total 738 266,842 13,855 18 j 0,309 325 756 273,151 14,180 !l/EABED. Wi ith Cargoes. [a Ballast. Total. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Iritish 521 185,297 10,000 15,711 [ 1,118 186 59,712 1,952 707 245,009 11,952 'oreign 47 12 4,687 237 59 20,398 1,355 Total 201,008 11,118 64,399 8,188 568 198 766 265,407 13,307

Head of Receipt. Rate of Duty. Quantity. Amount Collected. Spirits ... „ (New Zealand) )igars and Snuff Cobacco „ Sheepwash Wine ... Ue, Beer, &c, in wood „ in bottle ... Dea ... Coffee, Cocoa, &c. „ Ground ... sugar and Molasses firearms Powder —Sporting ihot ... Joods by measurement 3-oods by weight <Ld valorem Dpiuni Dther Duties not specified above ... 12s. per gallon ... 6s. ... 5s. per lb. ... 2s. 6d. „ ... 3d ... 4s. per gallon ... ... Is. ... Is. 3d. „ ... 6d. per lb. ... 3d. „ ... 5d. „ ... Id. „ ... 5s. each ... 6d. per lb. ... 10s. per cwt. ... r 5s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is. 6d., \ Is., 6d., 3d., per cubic (. foot r 4s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is., < per cwt. ( 3d., Id., id., per lb. ... 10 and 5 per cent. ... 20s. per lb. 501,830 gallons ... 12,516 gallons ... 40,732 lbs. 697,872 lbs. 80,500 lbs. 154,230 gallons ... 41,860 gallons ... 225,776 gallons ... 1,914,200 lbs. 515,560 lbs. 4,992 lbs. 18,147,600 lbs. ... 476 No. 15,280 lbs. 748 cwt. \ I ... 1,586 lbs. £ 301,098 3,755 10,183 87,234 1,007 30,816 2,093 14,111 47,855 6,457 104 75,615 119 382 374 125,974 34,936 2,561 1,586 19,640 Rents, Seizures, &c. Bonded Warehouse Duty M.S. Act Arms Act Lighthouse Dues Oyster Act Gold Duty Pilotage, &c. Distillation Other Receipts... £765,930 143 4,578 740 1,396 6,088 18 67,241 11,602 696 810 Total Duties and Revenue £859,242 Customs Department, Wellington, 20th June, 1871. "William Seed, r and Inspector of Customs. Secreta: